Presents

 

World Water Day Summit

 

Monday, March 23, 2015

 

United Nations, New York City

 

10:00am - 2:00pm

 

 

In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly designated March 22 as the first World Water Day. Twenty-two years later, World Water Day is celebrated around the world shining the spotlight on a different issue every year. In 2015, the theme for World Water Day is 'Water and Sustainable Development'.

 

MagneGas Corporation will host a World Water Day Summit on Monday, March 23, 2015 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City in partnership with The Jack Brewer Foundation (JBF Worldwide) and the U.S. Federation for Middle East Peace (USFMEP). 

 

The World Water Day Summit will provide a high-level platform for dialogue surrounding sustainable development and global efforts to manage clean water. UN Ambassadors and diplomats, industry leaders including sustainability companies and environmental organizations, and many others will spend the day focusing on the challenges many regions of the world face when it comes to the availability and necessity of clean water and more importantly, innovative solutions will be highlighted and addressed.

 

 

Topics Include:

Waste Water & Irrigation Challenges

Sustainable Innovations for Water Procurement

 

 

World Water Day Summit Agenda:

 

10:00am - 10:30am: Welcome and Ambassadors’ Remarks

• Inspector Matthew Sullivan, United Nations Department of Safety and Security

• Sally Kader, President, U.S. Federation for Middle East Peace

• Ermanno Santilli, CEO, MagneGas Corporation

• H.E. Ambassador Elliston Rahming, Permanent Mission of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to the United Nations

• H.E. Ambassador Denis G. Antoine, Permanent Mission of Grenada to the United Nations

• H.E. Ambassador Juan Carlos Mendoza, Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations

• H.E Ambassador Eden Charles, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations

 

 

10:30am - 11:30am: Panel 1: Waste Water and Irrigation Challenges

Moderator: Kodjo E. Mensah-Abrampa, Ph.D., Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme 

• Kathy Shandling, Executive Director, International Private Water Association

• Greg Kratzer, President and CEO, Kratzer Farms

• Paul Gallay, President, Riverkeeper

• Heather Leibowitz, Director, Environment New York

 

 

11:30am - 12:30pm: Panel 2: Sustainable Innovations for Water Procurement 

Moderator: Kodjo E. Mensah-Abrampa, Ph.D., Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme

• Tom Joseph, Co-Founder and CTO, Epiphany Solar Water Solutions

• Jim Cohen, Executive Vice President of Global Equipment Sales, MagneGas Corporation

• P. William Staby, CEO and Co-Founder, Resolute Marine

• Marc Yaggi, Executive Director, Waterkeeper Alliance

 

 

12:30pm - 1:30pm: Lunch & MagneGas Keynote Presentation

• Ermanno Santilli, CEO, MagneGas Corporation

 

 

1:30pm - 2:00pm: Question and Answer Session

 

 

2:00pm: Closing Remarks

• Amb. Jack Brewer, CEO, The Brewer Group,Inc.; Founder, JBF Worldwide; MagneGas Advisor

 

Also in attendance to the Summit will be representatives from the World Health Organization, UNICEF, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

 

*Agenda subject to change.